Case
Directory - Category: 11; Sightings From Aircraft
Subject:
AFOSI Case 8; AF C-47 Pilot Observed UO Similar To Green Flare
Date:
December 5, 1948
Location:
West of Las Vegas, NM
#1254: 1948/12/5 0:0 21600 106:17:40W
35:52:40N 3320 NAM USA NMX 6 12
LOS ALAMOS,NM:PER FBI:GRN FBLS or SCRS SEEN 5,6,7,8,11,13,14,20+28
DEC'48!
Ref# 26 FAWCETT+GREENWOOD: UFO COVERUP.
Page No. 160 MIL. BASE
Francis
Ridge:
This report is not an original BB
unknown, but has been included in the Comprehensive Catalog of Project
Blue Book Unknowns by Brad Sparks.
Dec. 5, 1948. W of Las Vegas, New
Mexico. 9:05 p.m. (MST). USAF pilot Capt. William Goede, copilot Major
Roger Carter, and S/Sgt. flight engineer, flying a C-47 from
Lowry AFB, Denver, to Williams AFB, Chandler, Ariz., at 18,000 ft saw a
green fireball. 2nd green
fireball sighting E of Sandia Mtns. (10 miles E of Albuquerque) at
9:27 p.m. shot up from the ground to 500 ft height. (Sparks; FOIA)
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